Potent suppressive effect of a Japanese edible seaweed, Enteromorpha prolifera (Sujiao-nori) on initiation and promotion phases of chemically induced mouse skin tumorigenesis

Cancer Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-25

  Hiqashi Okaj, Kiyoka ^a   Otani, Shuzo ^b   Okai, Yasuji ^a  

^a Osaka Kun ei Women's College   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticarcinogenic activity; Edible seaweed; Pheophytin a; Skin tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; PHEOPHYTIN; PHEOPHYTIN A; PHORBOL 12 ACETATE 13 MYRISTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; JAPAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUMOR PROMOTION;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHEOPHYTINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEAWEED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0033011445     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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